In nearly 15 years in the coaching business, Steve Harold has made three words a point of emphasis. Discipline, execution, and fundamentals are what Harold, now in his third year as head coach for the Lady Panthers basketball team, preaches on a daily basis.
Coach Ryan Swan's Panthers will take center stage again this weekend, when Drury - for the first time in five years as a Great Lakes Valley Conference member - will play host to the GLVC Tournament semifinals and finals on Friday and Sunday at Harrison Stadium.
Third-seeded Bellarmine made a first-half goal stand up for a 1-0 victory over sixth-seeded Drury in the opening round of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Women's Soccer Tournament here on Sunday. The Knights, in beating Drury for a second time by a 1-0 score this season, improved to 13-2-1 on the season and moved into next weekend's GLVC Tourney semifinals.
Coach Brian Reynolds' squads are back in action on Saturday when the DU women play host to Kansas and the men entertain Missouri Science and Technology, both with 2 p.m. starts at the Breech Pool. Drury's squads split a pair of dual meets last weekend, with the Panthers taking both halves of the Friday night home meet with Ouachita Baptist before falling to NCAA Division I Missouri State on Saturday.
Drury strengthened its Great Lakes Valley Conference volleyball post-season tournament hopes by picking up a 3-0 victory over Saint Joseph's on Senior Day Saturday afternoon at Weiser Gym. The Panthers moved to 15-12 overall and 7-5 in the GLVC, remaining in a tie for sixth place in the league standings with Southern Indiana.